An introduction to this great part of French culture
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YT.
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YT (INA) He is so young :) The lyrics are partially in creole but I could not find them :( only the French part.
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Hymne à l'amour, another great song. We learn via Wikipedia that Piaf wrote the lyrics for marcel Cerdan just before his death in october 1949.
Lyrics
Une chanson douce: a very sweet song by Henri Salvador. Go back to listen to Syracuse :)
Une chanson douce by Céline Dion (I prefer Henri).
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The first song by Juliette Gréco. Lyrics by the writer Raymond Queneau and music by Joseph Kosma. The bio is more detailed in the French Wikipedia (of course).LyricsAmazon MP3